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slowworm
[ sloh-wurm ]
/ ˈsloʊˌwɜrm /
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How to use slowworm in a sentence
A silvery creature like a slowworm came crawling out from among them, slowly crossed the clay floor, and crept into the fire.
Lilith|George MacDonaldSince then a large silvery slowworm was killed just there—a great pity, for they are perfectly harmless.
Field and Hedgerow|Richard JefferiesBut the blindworm, or slowworm, as this creature is called, is perfectly harmless.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore WoodThey are wrong; and they must be told that they are wrong, and scolded if they kill a slowworm.
Madam How and Lady Why|Charles Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for slowworm
slowworm
/ (ˈsləʊˌwɜːm) /
noun
a Eurasian legless lizard, Anguis fragilis, with a brownish-grey snakelike body: family AnguidaeAlso called: blindworm
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